Steady
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Why fly direct when you can connect?
I'm off on an adventure using up my expiring Kris flyer points, to visit a small not for profit charity I have supported for ~20 years, and have recently become more involved with.
I suspect this may be my last hurrah on the pointy end of SQ via points. I originally booked F / R to Dubai, stopping a few days to look around as I haven't been yet, then onto Ndola on a separate SQ reward ticket, flying J on ET metal. Then the war broke out and SQ stopped flying to Dubai. I could have changed to fly via JNB, but no F/R, so looking at the points and where SQ flies F/R, and ET had rewards available, I changed to DEL. The timing isn't as friendly as it was originally, but such is life. The irony of my first world problem is not lost on me......
I head off from DPO on QF reward tickets Friday, overnighting at the Novatel MEL airport, then on an SQ F day flight to SIN Saturday, I plan a visit to TPR on arrival, then using up some Hilton points at the Garden Inn. My flight to DEL is late afternoon Sunday in R, I'm using an Accor free night at the Pullman Aero City before my ET J flights to NLA via ADD 02.30 Tuesday
. The return a couple of weeks later is essentially the same, but for an extra day in SIN
I was in Ndola with one of my daughters mid 2013, while there I have friends to visit, a farm and a building site to look over, and a feeding program (Widows & orphans from the Kantalomba Compound) to visit and join in with. Ndola is in the Central African Copper Belt - its the 3rd largest city in Zambia with a population of around 630K, a mining / commercial hub.
Not sure how much text I will add to the TR but should have plenty of photo's. I have added a couple below from my '13 visit
I'm off on an adventure using up my expiring Kris flyer points, to visit a small not for profit charity I have supported for ~20 years, and have recently become more involved with.
I suspect this may be my last hurrah on the pointy end of SQ via points. I originally booked F / R to Dubai, stopping a few days to look around as I haven't been yet, then onto Ndola on a separate SQ reward ticket, flying J on ET metal. Then the war broke out and SQ stopped flying to Dubai. I could have changed to fly via JNB, but no F/R, so looking at the points and where SQ flies F/R, and ET had rewards available, I changed to DEL. The timing isn't as friendly as it was originally, but such is life. The irony of my first world problem is not lost on me......
I head off from DPO on QF reward tickets Friday, overnighting at the Novatel MEL airport, then on an SQ F day flight to SIN Saturday, I plan a visit to TPR on arrival, then using up some Hilton points at the Garden Inn. My flight to DEL is late afternoon Sunday in R, I'm using an Accor free night at the Pullman Aero City before my ET J flights to NLA via ADD 02.30 Tuesday
. The return a couple of weeks later is essentially the same, but for an extra day in SINI was in Ndola with one of my daughters mid 2013, while there I have friends to visit, a farm and a building site to look over, and a feeding program (Widows & orphans from the Kantalomba Compound) to visit and join in with. Ndola is in the Central African Copper Belt - its the 3rd largest city in Zambia with a population of around 630K, a mining / commercial hub.
Not sure how much text I will add to the TR but should have plenty of photo's. I have added a couple below from my '13 visit
